Josh Erickson » tae kwon do http://josherickson.org And as you tread the halls of sanity... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:50:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Green http://josherickson.org/2008/04/22/73/green http://josherickson.org/2008/04/22/73/green#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:28:14 +0000 josh http://josherickson.org/2008/04/22/73 It’s been a while since the test, but I did get my green belt in TKD! Woot! (The test was at the end of February.)

Over the past year that I’ve been doing TKD, I’ve noticed that I’m (somewhat) more confident in my forms and kicking. Especially the past month or so since Master Jon got back from Korea. He’s been much stricter, which I think really helps with learning and the “pride” of being associated with his gym.

Lately, Master Jon has started doing “fun” Wednesday nights, which involve material that isn’t what we’d normally cover. For instance he’s taught us some basic nunchuck and mokum techniques. I seriously can’t wait until I get my blue belt and I can start some real weapons training!

]]> http://josherickson.org/2008/04/22/73/green/feed 0 We need no stinkin’ breather! http://josherickson.org/2008/02/19/70/we-need-no-stinkin-breather http://josherickson.org/2008/02/19/70/we-need-no-stinkin-breather#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:29:48 +0000 josh http://josherickson.org/2008/02/19/70 Where does the weeks go? I have no idea. I just know that each day ends as soon as I wake up.

Break down of a week.

  1. Sunday
    1. Church (2-3)
    2. Homework or Rest (Remainder)
  2. Monday
    1. Work (8)
    2. School (2)
    3. Bible Study (2-3)
    4. Homework or Rest (Remainder)
  3. Tuesday
    1. School (8-9)
    2. Work (2-3)
    3. Tae Kwon Do (1)
    4. Homework or Rest (Remainder)
  4. Wednesday
    1. Work (8-9)
    2. School (1-2)
    3. Tae Kwon Do (1)
    4. Homework or Rest (Remainder)
  5. Thursday
    1. Work (6-7)
    2. School (3-4)
    3. Tae Kwon Do (1)
    4. Homework or Rest (Remainder)
  6. Friday
    1. Work (8-11)
    2. Homework or Rest (Remainder)
  7. Saturday
    1. Work (5-6)
    2. Homework or Rest (Remainder)

Note that the Rest in “Homework or Rest” includes relaxing and hanging out.

So anywhere from 58 to 70 hours of my week are taking in doing school, work, TKD, or something church related! Considering I set aside roughly 7-8 hours a night for sleep which leaves about 16 hours left to everything else. So each day I have is divided roughly between work 50%, school/homework 35% and rest 15%.

I can’t wait for school to be over.

]]> http://josherickson.org/2008/02/19/70/we-need-no-stinkin-breather/feed 2 A month later http://josherickson.org/2007/10/13/33/a-month-later http://josherickson.org/2007/10/13/33/a-month-later#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 03:07:32 +0000 josh http://josherickson.org/2007/10/13/33 Alright, this week marks approximately one month of me doing Tae Kwon Do and going to the YMCA 4-5 nights of the week. (Though the last week I’ve been recovering from being sick so I’ve just done TKD.) The results of which I am very pleased with.

Results:

  • Smaller belly
  • Smaller butt
  • Smaller love handles
  • Better sleep

I sure hope I can continue with this regimen for the foreseeable future!

]]> http://josherickson.org/2007/10/13/33/a-month-later/feed 0 A good day to get kicked in the face http://josherickson.org/2007/10/10/32/a-good-day-to-get-kicked-in-the-face http://josherickson.org/2007/10/10/32/a-good-day-to-get-kicked-in-the-face#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2007 05:32:12 +0000 josh http://josherickson.org/2007/10/10/32 After a bummer weekend of being tired, sick and generally depressed, I finally got a chance to do some kicking at Tae Kwon Do last evening.

In an effort to get us better acquainted with sparrin, Master John was having us “practice spar” for class. It was indeed awesome and it taught me stuff that you just can’t learn from kicking pads or bags. Because with pads and bags, you’re not worrying about your opponent blocking, but during a sparring match you’re trying to do that…and anticipate their moves! For the first time it was very much an overload for those reasons. Most of the time I found myself being rather close to my opponent…to close sometimes. However you must be close to actually execute a strike since if you’re to far away, they’ll be able to see it coming and will be able to counter. So sparring is definitely a game of timing that I’ll have to get down.

Another thing that stuck me was how much like Chess sparring is. That is, since there are rules in how you can fight, it limits what you can do to “distract” your opponent and it also limits how you fight, which make sense. Otherwise it’d be pretty much just be a death match with both sides being whatever it takes to knock the other out! So to actually score, you gotta be thinking of how to trick into thinking you’re doing something else than what you’re really doing. Master John did a great example of this when facing off with Aaron and me. For Aaron, when they were close, he’d do and inside-out (?) Axe kick to the head, which Aaron couldn’t tell where it was coming from since his attention was focused on Master John’s other side. For me, he waited until I was already committed to (if I remember right) a roundhouse to his side and got me with a side kick to the face! Which I might add, resulted in a bloody nose! :O

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